Leeds, July 6: Team India are going to face neighbours Sri Lanka in their final league game of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 here on Saturday (July 6) and would be hoping to plug all the gaping holes before the semi-final encounter.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have been relegated from the tournament but would be looking to end the tournament on a positive note by defeating title favourites. This is going to be legendary pacer Lasith Malinga's final ODI game and the Lankan lions would be aiming to make it special for the slinger.
Here is Mykhel brings to you the live updates from the match:
India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets.
Malinga bids adieu to 50-over World Cup with figures of 10-1-82-1. Bye bye Malinga. Great bowler.
Rishabh Pant out lbw to Isuru Udana for 4. Just delaying the inevitable.
Rahul perishes for Nelson (111). Malinga surprised him with a slow bouncer. Rahul's attempt to play ramp shot ended in the hands of Kusal Perera behind the wickets.
4 and 4 by Rahul off Malinga. The veteran pacer is having a horror final world cup match.
The 100 for KL Raahul. He has put behind those turbulent days behind him emphatically. Very mature and solid innings. Kohli too is delighted.
Savour some more Rohit facts
Most runs scored in ANY span of 365 days in ODIs:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) July 6, 2019
2200 - Sourav Ganguly (Mar 1999 - Mar 2000) Avg 50.00
2077 - Sachin Tendulkar (Dec 1997 - Nov 1998) Avg 62.94
2063 - Rohit Sharma (Jul 2018 - Jul 2019) Avg 73.67#INDvSL #SLvIND #CWC19 https://t.co/alqz7NgtTE
And some more Rohit facts
Highest batting average in #CWC
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 6, 2019
min 15 inns
69.78 - Rohit Sharma (16 inns)
63.52 - AB de Villiers (22 inns)
63.42 - Michael Clarke (21 inns)
63.31 - Viv Richards (21 inns)
61.50 - David Warner (16 inns)
61.42 - Rahul Dravid (21 inns)#CWC19 #CWC2019#IndvSL #SLvInd
200 up for India. And some more Rohit facts.
In last 365 days, Rohit Sharma has aggregated a mind-boggling 2063 runs in 34 innings with 10 hundreds.
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) July 6, 2019
No one else has scored 10 hundreds in ANY span of 365 days in one-day international cricket!#INDvSL #SLvIND
Rohit departs after 100, A tame loft to Angelo Mathews to mid-off off Kasun Rajitha. But a what wonderful innings.
Rohit pulls Kasun Rajtha for a 4 to complete his 100. his 5th of this WC. A new record, beat Sangakkara's 4 hundreds set in 2015 WC. Special knock from a special player.
150 runs between Rohit and Rahul. Brilliant effort.
50 up for Rahul too. Back to back 50. And he celebrates it with a six and four off Dhananjaya de Silva
Rohit Sharma has gone past Shakib al Hasan (606) as the WC 2019's top run-getter. He now has 609 runs.
100 up for India in the 19th over. 3rd 100 alliance between Rahul and Rohit. They have 100 together against Pakistan, Bangladesh and now against SL.
And he celebrates with another 6 off Dhananjaya de Silva
50 for Rohit Sharma with a 6 of De Silva
Another dead rubber is going on between Australia and South Africa. But the result will decide the eventual semis line-up.
Tissara Perera beat Rohit's outside edge but no edge.
A great Saturday for Sports lovers - India are facing SL at Leeds and miles away at London, Nadal is playing Jo Wilfried Songa. Nadal is up by a set and leads 5-2 in the second
That was a brilliant ramp shot by Rahul off Rajitha. And new man Isiru Udana into bowling now.
SL has pulled back a bit in the last two overs. Rajitha gave only 1 run in the 8th over and Malinga bowled a maiden in the 9th over. They need few more tight overs.
Malinga's final WC match has gone awry so far -- 4-0-29-0
50 comes up for India in the 7th over. Good beginning.
Rohit has another productive over off Rajitha gets nine runs. And it is looking ominous for Lanka
India are making a rather quick beginning here. In the second over, Rahul and Rohit milked a four each of Rajitha while Rahul slammed two fours off Malinga in the 3rd over.
Rohit and Rahul are opening for India and Lanka will have Lasisth Malinga, who is playing his last ICC 50 over World Cup match.
The chase is about to begin. Mind you, a 250+ target was chased down only once in this World Cup. India need to score 265. Can they buck the trend?
End of Sri Lanka's innings as they post 264/7 in stipulated 50 overs. They must be extremely happy with their effort and the credit for the same goes to Angelo Mathews (113) and Lahiru Thirimanne (53) who first revived their team through troubled phase and later Mathews ensured their bowlers had a decent total on the board to defend. 250+ has been chased down in this tournament just once, hence it's not going to be an easy chase for India on this surface.
Wicket! Thisara Perera (2) mistimes Bhuvneshwar and Hardik Pandya takes a sensational running catch at mid-off. First wicket in the match for Bhuvi. SL - 260/7 in 49.2 overs.